Saturday, February 21, 2015

Napoleons' Spanish regiments

Well - it took a while, but finally I have once again finished a combined display.

I
found some wonderful sites about the Spanish regiments that fought
under Napoleons' rule. These regiments were risen in the French occupied territories and saw a lot of action during the Peninsular campaign. The following display shows the seven regiments
of line infantry as they existed in 1810.

Again, some details are still disputed. For example the distinctive colours of the first two regiments for which I went with the Lienhardt&Hubert version. As you can see, these men represent fusiliers of the seven line infantry regiments of Joseph Napoleons' kingdom of Spain (rest will follow later). Some sources declare white as the colour of the shako cords, some yellow. I preferred to go with yellow although this would mean the Voltigeurs having the same colour on their shakos as well.

I'm going to make a big boost forward in the next weeks, having more then 30 Italians on my desk, all in different stages of the shading/highlighting process. After completing these, my project army will contain more then 200 figures.

About Me

I've been born in 1974, I'm married for more than ten years with a hyper-creative woman and I'm the father of two wonderful boys.
Naturally, that doesn't leave much daytime for any hobby. Painting miniatures is my way of relaxation. My addiction, to be honest.
I'm in this hobby again for nearly two years now. It all started when my Dad bought a plastic kit of a Mitsubishi Zero when I was six years old. First, he build planes for me, later I did it on my own. My first ESCI box of British infantry came to me when I was around 14 years old. I must confess that I painted it lousily, but back then, I liked them very much.
Now, after all these years in which I preferred computer games, girls, parties and doing nonsense, I slowly started to settle down again - and back came the little plastic dudes.
I consider myself being an apprentice in these arts. There's so much more to learn! So I hope you enjoy this place and my works and maybe it's a way of exchanging inspiration. Please feel free to leave comments!